Hydrogeologic features of the alluvial deposits in the Nowood River drainage area, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
Open-File Report
79-1291
By: M. E. Cooley and William J. Head
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Abstract
In the Nowood River drainage area, Wyoming, the principal deposits comprising the alluvial aquifer include the flood-plain and younger (generally undissected) alluvial-fan deposits and a unique boulder-fan gravel. Other deposits mapped, but virtually nonwater yielding, are the older (dissected) alluvial-fan, pediment, and terrace deposits. Terraces are capped by gravel and form levels at 30-40, 45-100, 120-150, 200-260, and 280-330 feet above the Nowood River. The thickness of the alluvial aquifer indicated from the sparse well-log data and 42 surface resistivity measurements is between 25 and 50 feet along the Nowood River and more than 60 feet along Tensleep and Paint Rock Creeks. The resistivity measurements indicate a buried bedrock ridge below the boulder-fan gravel between Paint Rock and Medicine Lodge Creeks and a buried channel filled by alluvium along Tensleep Creek. Well yields from the alluvial aquifer are estimated to be low. The most favorable areas for ground-water development are from the flood-plain alluvium along Tensleep Creek and from the boulder-fan gravel and adjoining flood-plain alluvium along Paint Rock and Medicine Creeks. Along the Nowood River the flood-plain alluvium, although its yields are small, has the best potential for ground-water development. (Kosco-USGS)
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Cooley, M.E., and Head, W.J., 1979, Hydrogeologic features of the alluvial deposits in the Nowood River drainage area, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming (WRI/OFR): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1291, v, 60 p. :ill., maps (4 fold. in pocket) ;27 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr791291.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Hydrogeologic features of the alluvial deposits in the Nowood River drainage area, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 79-1291 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr791291 |
| Edition | WRI/OFR |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | v, 60 p. :ill., maps (4 fold. in pocket) ;27 cm. |